Salkhan Fossil Park Added to UNESCO Tentative List

Recently, Salkhan Fossil Park, also known as Sonbhadra Fossils Park has been included in UNESCO’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites.

About Salkhan Fossil Park

  • Located in Salkhan village in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, the park spans 25 hectares within the scenic Kaimur Range, adjacent to Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • Though geological interest in the site dates back to the 1930s, it was officially declared a fossil park in 2002.

Home to Prehistoric Stromatolites and Living Relics of the Mesoproterozoic

  • The park offers an insight into the planet’s earliest life forms as it is home to stromatolites which ....
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